Why do you think people might have had a problem with pinball?

Pinball used to be illegal. It’s hard to imagine but pinball was deemed illegal in 1942. Many people considered it a gateway pastime, a game of chance that appealed to children and would eventually tempt them into more serious forms of gambling.

First hand answer from someone that was actually alive during this time; my dear mother. She passed away last year at 103 years of life.